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SEPTA receives final Silverliner of major order [photos]
In a ceremony today, SEPTA received the last of 120 new rail cars assembled in South Philadelphia. The final car was delivered in st ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia City Council looking at more than property taxes deadbeats
With Philadelphia owed more than half a billion dollars worth of back taxes, City Council is holding another day of hearings looking for ...
13 years ago
Community groups seek more funding from N.J. budget plan
A coalition of community groups is lining up against Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed state budget. The budget lacks funding f ...
13 years ago
After 4 months, $32 million Sandy relief fund run by N.J. first lady to distribute aid
A touch of irony in New Jersey as the Associated Press reports that the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund has not yet dispensed the ...
13 years ago
Port of Philadelphia attracts shipping line from Jersey
A large shipping line is moving its northeast terminal from Elizabeth, New Jersey to the Port of Philadelphia. Why Horizon Lines i ...
13 years ago
Kenney proposing ultra-low real estate tax rate for Philadelphia
A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to set the property tax rate far lower than what the Nutter administration is discussing. ...
13 years ago
Philly to hold workshops to help homeowners understand property tax reassessments
Philadelphia is trying to talk directly to residents about the citywide overhaul of property taxes. Question and answer sessions are star ...
13 years ago
Why does the city say I can appeal an “inequitable” assessment?
If your new assessment accurately reflects what your property would sell for, but you discover that comparable properties around you have ...
13 years ago
Tony Auth illustrates Philadelphia’s property tax bureaucracy
NewsWorks artist in residence Tony Auth asked readers for some help and suggestions when he hit the drawing board to illustrate some of t ...
13 years ago
Wharton grads increasingly uncertain about ‘having it all’
In the space of 20 years, the number of graduates of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School who say they’re likely t ...
13 years ago
In digital push, Philadelphia Works launches website
Philadelphia Works, the city’s reconfigured workforce development agency, has launched a new website to connect job seekers and emp ...
13 years ago
N.J. considers $100 million to aid property owners with Sandy damage exceeding coverage
Last month in his budget address, Gov. Chris Christie proposed a fund of $40 million to help New Jersey residents and businesses with dam ...
13 years ago
How are properties going to be assessed in future years?
Taxipedia is answering people’s questions about Philadelphia’s property reassessment. Today, we’re tackling one fro ...
13 years ago
Rail ridership up statewide, Harrisburg up 245 percent
Rail ridership in Pennsylvania is up, according a new study from the Brookings Institution. Philadelphia-area Amtrak ridership gre ...
13 years ago
Philly councilman proposes four-year phase-in of AVI
Reassessing property taxes in Philadelphia is stirring so much concern that one member of City Council is looking to ease into the change ...
13 years ago